Seth Lipsky

Seth Lipsky (1946-) was the founder and editor of the conservative New York Sun daily in New York City.

Biography
Seth Lipsky was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1946 to a Jewish family, and he wrote for Stars and Stripes while serving in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Lipsky founded the New York Sun in 2002, following years of working for the Wall Street Journal in Asia and Belgium and writing for The New York Times. Lipsky was a conservative, and he counted Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Ariel Sharon, and Milton Friedman among his intellectual and ideological heroes. On 30 September 2008, the New York Sun ceased to print its editions, instead operating online.